The purpose of this study is to determine if providing parenting education materials delivered in different ways during the first 30 months of a child's life will increase child-parent attachment and promote mother-child interaction, if certain types of strategies improve cognitive, language, and emotional development in infants and toddlers, and if our way of delivering these materials is cost-effective.

Will receive parenting educational materials hypothesized to enhance emotional and cognitive development

Behavioral: Parenting Education

Will receive parenting educational materials hypothesized to enhance emotional and cognitive development

Sham Comparator: Control

Will receive safety and dental hygiene materials that have no bearing on emotional and cognitive development

Behavioral: Control Group - Safety Materials

Will receive safety and dental hygiene materials that have no bearing on emotional and cognitive development

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 23 Years

Genders Eligible for Study:

Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

English-speaking

18-23 year-old first-time mother of a healthy newborn

Exclusion Criteria:

Anything other than above

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01573793